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Renny Babiarz: Exposing China's Nuclear Testing - MBM#40
Renny Babiarz: Exposing China's Nuclear Testing - MBM#40
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Length:
108 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Renny Babiarz is a former Analyst at the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the VP of Analysis & Operations at AllSource Analysis, a company focused on providing geospatial Intelligence investigations. One of the angles of Renny's work is better understanding China's Nuclear testing using satellite imagery, Open Source Intelligence methods & location data.---Episode Sponsor: OpenCageUse OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API. They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!---Support the podcast on PatreonAbout Renny:TwitterLinkedInAllSource AnalysisShownotesAllSource2021 NPR Report “A New Tunnel is Spotted At a Chinese Nuclear Test Site”Jeffrey Lewis InterviewWashington Post Chine Nuclear Missile Silo ArticleRenny's bookBooks & Podcast recommendations:The RealignmentMaking Sense by Sam HarrisIndustry (could not find it!)China Built the Bomb by John W Lewis & Litai Xue (Affiliate Link)Flipping the tables, Max's book & podcasts:Lex FridmanJoe RoganKanye West on Lex Fridman“La Horde du Contrevent” by Alain Damasio (Affiliate Link)Timestamps(00:00) Introduction 02:51) Conversation starts: Renny's Journey with the NGA (12:45) AllSource's work (15:55) Defining Open & Proprietary (18:42) Deciding which Analysis to publish (23:12) Researching China's Nuclear Program (29:43) How Projects Get Started (34:39) Starting from Known Areas of Interest (37:50) Automating Change Detection (42:20) The Importance of Communicating Nuance (48:13) Misinformation vs Disinformation (51:21) The Hard Execrcise of Social Media Communication (55:21) Twitter (57:08) Sources & 'Peer Review' (01:03:19) Working with Outside Analysts (01:10:03) Teaching Geospatial Intelligence (01:13:09) Teaching Soft Skills & Communications (01:18:33) Renny's book (01:23:52) Importance of staying hands on (01:27:59) Micromanaging (01:30:23) Book and podcast recommendation (01:35:32) Flipping the tables: Max's Book & Podcast recommendation - Support the podcast on Patreon- Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
Released:
Apr 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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